#Memory

foone

Foone

A fun fact on the wikipedia page for the metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor:it is the most frequently manufactured device in history, and the total number manufactured from 1960-2018 is 13 sextillion.That's

Paula Simons

Paulatics

Some context, perhaps. About 10 years ago, maybe longer, folks noticed that @edmontonjournal reporter @keithgerein made a habit of wearing purple shirts on Thursday. And thus, with affectionate humour, we

Clio's Chronicles

CliosChronicles

Since I’ve started @CliosChronicles, many people ask me about the name and story behind it.So, today let me introduce you to Clio, the daughter of Zeus and prime mover of the

Gabor Erdosi 🧩📄📊🧭

gerdosi

1/ Thread on immunity in the respiratory system: how it does and doesn't work (i.e. myths), simplified as much as I could. I’ll use the apropos of a new press

Mujuni Raymond

qataharraymond

Short term memory lapse is the folly of many operatives of the shadow state. A small thread here.... In the run up to the 2016 election, a black site operation

Dhaya Alagiri

dhayaalagiri

It being International Tiger Day today, I'm drawn back to the time I spotted a tiger for the first time. It was in Bandipur, a few years ago on a

Tweeting Historians

Tweetistorian

1) My stint on this account ends today. Before handing it off I will explain my profile picture choice-@mikati_rana 2) The picture above is of the last preserved remains of

Tom Carden

RandomEtc

Small issues like this (along with bigger issues of app review, proliferation of device form factors, and obsolescence of OSs) are chasing creative coders off the platform, as their apps

Pat Kane

thoughtland

THREAD: Affective neuroscience is so interesting, in relation to politics. Sustained anxiety [Project Fear] generates cortisol—which, if prolonged, affects immune system, damages organs, and also (crucially) shrivels the hippocampus, degr

Richard Geldreich

richgel999

Porting vanilla (minimal external API usage, no SIMD, no threading) C++ code to work in the browser with emscripten and WebAssembly is amazingly simple now. The Emscripten docs are excellent,

isozyme

isocrime

thinking again of the horror of waking up 23(ish) and hot off the trauma-griddle after 13(ish) years of being dead to find out that your brother and your boyfriend are

James McAuley

jameskmcauley

Macron's advisor on historical memory issues met with Marion Maréchal in October, @lemondefr reports. Brings a little more clarity on Macron's recent comments on Pétain/Maurras -- those now seem more

Claire Napier

illusClaire

the simplest message in the universe is "don't use your status for sexual gratification" oh look at me ive had a comic book sold in shops i think i must

Scuderia

GaleWoo41521620

"Americans are touchy about the memory of the Red Army playing the lead role in the destruction of the Wehrmacht. “What about Lend-Lease,” they say, “without our supplies, the Soviet

Sonia Sulaiman

SoniaSulaiman

Time for the Sci Fi Palestine panel! #palestinewrites Two key texts for science fiction Palestine: The Book of Disappearance, and Palestine +100. #palestinewrites "Trying to imagine alternative possibilities for survival

Sasha Hemon

SashaHemon

A true story:At the time of the 1984 Olympic games in Sarajevo, I was serving in the Yugoslav People's fucking Army in deep Macedonia. Before the snow storm arrived in

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